cão
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)
- Alternative form of can
References[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem, from Proto-Italic *kō (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (accusative *ḱwónm̥). Compare Galician can, Spanish can, Catalan ca, French chien, Italian cane, Romanian câine and Aromanian cãne.
Noun[edit]
cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)
- dog
- (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil.
Usage notes[edit]
In Brazil, cão is somewhat formal, and cachorro is the most common term in neutral or informal contexts.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Portuguese cão, from Latin cānus (“gray”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-.
Adjective[edit]
cão (feminine singular cã, masculine plural cãos, feminine plural cãs, comparable)
- white-haired
- Synonym: grisalho
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
cão m (please add plural)
Further reading[edit]
cão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese irregular nouns
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese terms with multiple etymologies
- pt:Dogs
- pt:Mammals